“Folks with BPD are some of the brightest lights in my life”: Dr. Sara Masland

A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma

Who gets BPD, and are they likely to recover? In this second and final part of my interview with Dr. Sara Masland, she and I discuss the gender distribution for BPD, contemplate the prognosis for people with the disorder based on longitudinal studies (spoiler alert: it’s bright!), and consider what needs to change in medical culture over the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist who researches BPD and stigma, a licensed clinical psychologist, an associate professor of psychological science at Pomona College, and an expert in Good Psychiatric Management, a generalist treatment for BPD.

Resources for this episode:

“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get on a road to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

Jake Camp et al., “Gender- and Sexuality-Minorized Adolescents in DBT: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Minority-Specific Treatment Targets and Experience”

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

Craig Rodriguez-Seijas et al., “Is There a Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients?”